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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Health behavior change"”.
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Computer mediated communication for health behavior change
… (CMC) system oriented towards changing health-related behavior was developed and evaluated. Stress management training was used to demonstrate the basic technology. Formative research and pilot-testing was conducted, to identify psychological and communication variables that are …
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The case for multiple health behavior change interventions in multiple sclerosis
… need for alternative approaches to managing healthcare in MS. Targeting multiple, co-occurring health risk factors represents a holistic approach for managing comorbidities and many of the neuroperformance consequences of MS. Methods: Sixty-nine participants with MS completed self-report …
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Design guidelines for behavioral feedback visualizations to support health behavior change
… applications) enable users to monitor personal health behaviors (e.g., daily steps, medication taking) and visualize the behavioral data as feedback via interactive or ambient displays to support health behavior change. The visualization tools could promote a robust understanding and engage …
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An Evaluation of Health Behavior Change During a General Education Health Course
… of the one-credit general education health course at Andrews University, Fit for Life, in promoting the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors. Because behavior change is a process that occurs over time, any measurement of student health behaviors must be sensitive enough to detect …
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Weight Gain Prevention: Identifying Targets for Health Behavior Change in Young Adults Atttending College
… using the social cognitive model for health behavior change. Eligible students living on-campus to underwent assessments of height, weight, waist circumference, blood pressure, body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, habitual physical activity and dietary intake, and psychosocial …
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Initiation of Health Behavior Change and Its Psychological Determinants in Prehypertensive People: An Exploratory Study
… the relationship of risk perception with change in health behaviors and social cognitive theory (SCT) constructs. Additionally, this study evaluated the feasibility, utility, and practice of self blood pressure monitoring (SBPM). Design: Adults with prehypertension, ages 45-62 (N = 23) …
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Examining student engagement and its influence in a social contextual model of adolescent health behavior change
Current theoretical models of health behavior change frequently serve as the theoretical backdrop to adolescent health promotion programs. Yet, despite that each main theory was developed with adults and for adults, appropriate and necessary changes for adolescents are often neglected. The unique …
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Fantasy-Theme Analysis of Food Documentaries: Contention, Collaboration, and Consultation as Health Promotion Approaches
… of documentary film is explored as a potential health-promotion tool. Food documentaries have become more popular recently, and the public's awareness of food-related health issues is growing. By analyzing different approaches to documentary films about food, I unpack the many functions and …
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Process and Outcome Evaluation of a Social-Networking Website for Health Promotion
… and obesity pose a significant threat to the health and wellbeing of college students. However, studies of interventions to improve the health behaviors of college students are few in number, largely atheoretical, and have limited potential for widespread dissemination. The goal of this study …
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The processes of self management in coping with stress
… the question of how people undertake health behavior change. It attempts to define what people experience and do during the process of changing health related aspects of their lives. The question of how people make health relevant changes in, their habits and actions has become …
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A Comparison of Health Risk Behaviors Among College Students Enrolled in a Required Personal Health Course vs. Enrolled in an Elective Personal Health Course
Information on the overall health risk behaviors of college students is limited and it is unknown if being enrolled in an elective or a required health course affects behavior change among the students. There are mixed reports on whether or not health education courses affect behavior change. …
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Motivational Interviewing Group to Address Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
… disease, who were displaying adverse health behaviors that were modifiable by lifestyle change. In order to create the manual, an extensive literature review was conducted in the areas of the prevalence of chronic illness in the United States, cardiovascular disease and associated …
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Adoption and maintenance of health behaviors among middle-aged and older adults: the role of chronic disease diagnosis and depression
… analysis of adoption and maintenance of health behavior changes among U.S. middle-aged and older adults. This investigation focused on the impact of a chronic disease diagnosis on the likelihood of a health behavior change and whether the magnitude of change is modified by major or …
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Measuring Healthy Beverage Intake and Exploring Opportunities to Improve Beverage Consumption
… beverage consumption habits pose significant health concerns. Delivering health behavior change interventions via social media is an emerging area of health research and may provide a promising way to minimize barriers such as cost, intervention delivery time, and access. However, there is …
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The Positive Impacts of Consistency and Decreased Screen Time on Sleep and Health - An Observational Case Study
Sleep is a crucial factor in our health, and research has shown that poor sleep quality negatively impacts our overall well-being. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the impact of changing two health behaviors—reducing screen time and setting a consistent sleep schedule— on sleep …
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The Influence of Physical Activity and Television on the Intention and Self-Efficacy to Engage in Health-Enhancing Behaviors
… factors among adolescents. However, theories of health behavior change also stress the intermediary factors of intention and efficacy for effective behavior change. Existing research supports the potential of physical activity (PA), particularly learned through the domains of exercise and sport, …
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The Effect of the Cooper Wellness Program in Promoting Long- Term Lifestyle Behavior Changes
<p>Most research on health behavior change programs examines their effectiveness in producing initial behavior changes, but fails to evaluate long-term maintenance of those changes. This study examined the effectiveness of the Cooper Wellness Program (CWP) in Dallas, Texas, in promoting maintenance …
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Positive psychosocial predictors of health-promoting behaviors for cardiovascular patients, using the stages of change
… positive psychosocial variables can predict health promoting behaviors in adults with cardiovascular disease, with the goal of enhancing the impact of interventions with this population. Specifically, this study includes four positive psychosocial variables: optimism, positive affect, …
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The women's health project: a community intervention for AIDS risk reduction in women
… was to test the utility of extending a behavioral social influence/diffusion of innovation approach to a group of heterosexual women. A randomized experimental field design was used to compare a community intervention (AIDS education materials plus the training of individuals identified …
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Improving the Definition of Exercise Maintenance: Evaluation of Concepts Related to Adherence
… disease. The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change has been developed as a means to predict and facilitate movement into healthier lifestyle behaviors. The model is centered on "stages of change", which describe a continuum of readiness to engage in a health behavior change. Stages …
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